I'm trying to view the yahoo page in a ms access form. I've written the following code to view yahoo when the form is loaded using the Microsoft Web Browser (activeX) control, however, the yahoo page isn't showing. Does anyone now what is causing this problem and how I can fix it?

Public Sub Form_Load()
Me!WebBrowser1.Navigate "http://www.yahoo.com"
End Sub

Thx

Try this...

Public Sub Form_Load()
    Dim strURL as String
    Dim objIE as Object

    strURL = "http://www.yahoo.com"
    Set objIE = Me.WebBrowser1.Object
    objIE.Navigate strURL
End Sub

Mike
EchoVue.com

Hi Mike ... I tried your code, but it didn't work for me ... does it work for you?

Mike ... your code is identical to my code. It seems that the problem I'm having is that the activex control is being activated when the form is loaded ... does anyone know what is causing this?

Mine works in a couple of other apps I have.

If the code is in the Form_Load module, it will always activate when the form is loaded. If you would like it to activate on a button click or something similar, you would want to move it to the sub for the associated event.

One thing that might be making a difference is whatever name you have assigned to the ActiveX control. I think ocxBrowser might be the default name.



Mike
EchoVue.com

Mike... how can I confirm the name of the Web Browser? I did it by inserting the web browswer into Excel and reading the name from the NameBox .. Is there another way?

Just right click the control, choose Properties and look at the Name property.

Mike
EchoVue.com

I finally got it to work .. thxs

Anytime!! And welcome to the Forum

Mike
EchoVue.com